For the 2025 New York college admission cycle, a total of 20,824 enrolled students submitted SAT scores and 4,859 students submitted ACT scores to New York colleges.
The average SAT score for New York colleges is 1,254 and the average ACT composite score is 29. Compared to the previous year, the New York's average SAT score decreased by 4 points from 1,258 to 1,254, representing a 0.3% change.
The average acceptance rate for New York colleges with available SAT data is 52.50% with a yield rate of 14.76%. This represents a 0.34 percentage point increase in selectivity compared to the previous admission cycle.
Among New York colleges, Columbia University in the City of New York has the highest SAT score of 1,550.
The following table compares the SAT scores between four-years colleges in New York. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.
| School | SAT Score | ACT Score | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University in the City of New York | 1,550 10 | 35 | 3.99% -0.24% | 64.92% 1.78% |
| Cornell University | 1,540 20 | 34 | 8.76% 0.60% | 63.91% -2.10% |
| Barnard College | 1,520 10 | 34 1 | 8.84% 0.88% | 68.64% -7.00% |
| New York University | 1,520 -10 | 34 | 9.23% -0.18% | 55.38% 0.97% |
| Colgate University | 1,500 20 | 34 1 | 13.88% 1.93% | 28.74% -3.21% |
| Hamilton College | 1,500 10 | 34 1 | 13.62% 1.85% | 38.98% -1.72% |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | 1,500 | - | 48.61% 3.54% | 58.57% -14.87% |
| Vassar College | 1,500 -10 | 33 -1 | 18.57% 0.84% | 28.78% -3.22% |
| University of Rochester | 1,490 10 | 33 | 40.08% 4.23% | 15.37% -4.48% |
| Webb Institute | 1,490 10 | 34 | 14.04% -5.96% | 75.76% 2.79% |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1,450 40 | 33 1 | 63.47% 5.02% | 12.05% -4.26% |
| Yeshiva University | 1,440 30 | 31 | 55.62% -8.13% | 61.12% 1.96% |
| Stony Brook University | 1,420 10 | 31 | 49.04% 0.03% | 14.75% 0.28% |
| The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | 1,410 -70 | 31 -2 | 20.71% 1.66% | 52.41% -0.38% |
| Fordham University | 1,410 10 | 32 | 59.31% 3.03% | 9.69% -0.18% |
| Binghamton University | 1,410 | 32 | 38.61% 0.88% | 15.87% -0.70% |
| Skidmore College | 1,390 20 | 32 | 21.05% -1.87% | 26.61% 0.21% |
| Union College | 1,390 -10 | 31 -1 | 43.92% 0.13% | 13.87% 0.36% |
| Bard College | 1,380 10 | 30 -1 | 52.12% -0.17% | 12.78% 1.18% |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | 1,370 | 32 1 | 66.93% -4.47% | 16.28% -1.36% |
| Sarah Lawrence College | 1,360 15 | 30 -1 | 61.73% 2.80% | 14.63% 0.16% |
| Syracuse University | 1,360 20 | 31 1 | 45.92% 4.23% | 18.77% -2.16% |
| St Lawrence University | 1,350 20 | 32 1 | 54.34% -4.13% | 12.81% -4.56% |
| Touro University | 1,340 -20 | 30 | 60.83% -2.18% | 43.47% -7.49% |
| School of Visual Arts | 1,320 -10 | - | 92.64% 1.32% | 20.76% -2.89% |
| Elmira College | 1,311 72 | 28 | 76.96% -13.84% | 12.29% 3.78% |
| Hofstra University | 1,310 20 | 30 2 | 68.08% -2.51% | 10.30% 0.44% |
| Ithaca College | 1,310 40 | 28 -1 | 69.01% -0.93% | 12.27% -1.98% |
| New York Institute of Technology | 1,310 30 | 28 -1 | 81.02% 2.94% | 8.47% -1.62% |
| Clarkson University | 1,300 | 28 -1 | 77.36% 0.20% | 9.49% -1.23% |
| Hobart William Smith Colleges | 1,300 10 | 30 2 | 63.99% 6.71% | 14.64% 0.13% |
| SUNY at Purchase College | 1,300 30 | 29 1 | 74.05% 1.22% | 12.91% -1.86% |
| University at Buffalo | 1,290 | 29 -1 | 74.18% 4.88% | 14.07% -2.06% |
| CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 1,280 -30 | - | 47.52% -2.96% | 18.96% -1.86% |
| CUNY Hunter College | 1,280 -70 | - | 53.80% -0.25% | 16.69% -1.89% |
| Marist University | 1,280 | 29 1 | 56.51% -8.20% | 19.89% 0.44% |
| Pratt Institute-Main | 1,280 -50 | 29 -1 | 73.25% 20.08% | 18.32% 0.58% |
| Houghton University | 1,275 -35 | 29 3 | 88.66% -4.04% | 23.19% -0.55% |
| Manhattan University | 1,275 15 | 26 1 | 78.94% 0.45% | 8.01% -0.42% |
| SUNY College at Geneseo | 1,270 -20 | 30 1 | 66.45% 2.92% | 9.56% -1.91% |
| CUNY City College | 1,260 -80 | - | 60.02% 1.95% | 12.34% -2.01% |
| Pace University | 1,260 40 | 27 | 75.92% -1.22% | 8.11% -0.76% |
| State University of New York at New Paltz | 1,250 -10 | 28 1 | 61.61% 2.91% | 10.69% -1.04% |
| Le Moyne College | 1,245 -5 | 29 1 | 82.98% 7.69% | 10.58% -0.12% |
| Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 1,240 -30 | 28 -3 | 52.69% -6.39% | 6.65% -3.25% |
| St. John's University-New York | 1,240 30 | 27 | 83.43% 3.76% | 11.64% -1.67% |
| SUNY at Fredonia | 1,240 50 | 27 2 | 77.70% -1.50% | 14.03% 0.34% |
| Wagner College | 1,240 | 26 1 | 88.00% 4.54% | 20.11% -0.37% |
| Long Island University | 1,220 -30 | 26 -2 | 86.16% -3.61% | 8.05% -2.01% |
| Nazareth University | 1,220 -20 | 24 -4 | 74.72% -4.78% | 11.52% -4.53% |
| Siena University | 1,220 -10 | 31 3 | 69.02% -1.55% | 11.85% -0.90% |
| Adelphi University | 1,210 | 27 -1 | 65.91% -11.60% | 10.34% -0.04% |
| Alfred University | 1,210 20 | 28 1 | 73.84% 25.51% | 9.91% -1.61% |
| St. John Fisher University | 1,210 15 | 27 -1 | 66.40% -1.40% | 20.28% 0.69% |
| SUNY Oneonta | 1,210 40 | 28 3 | 69.60% -0.55% | 11.22% -2.55% |
| Hartwick College | 1,200 30 | - | 69.60% 0.90% | 9.59% -2.66% |
| Iona University | 1,200 30 | 27 4 | 86.94% -4.20% | 12.91% 0.82% |
| Marymount Manhattan College | 1,200 | 26 -1 | 82.61% 3.73% | 6.41% -1.52% |
| SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 1,200 -50 | 25 | 81.35% 2.91% | 8.72% -1.33% |
| SUNY Maritime College | 1,200 | 27 3 | 72.41% -6.10% | 29.51% 7.85% |
| United States Merchant Marine Academy | 1,200 -30 | 25 | 34.24% 1.77% | 64.10% 2.82% |
| St Bonaventure University | 1,190 20 | 26 | 81.65% 0.12% | 17.18% 0.80% |
| SUNY Brockport | 1,190 40 | 25 3 | 70.68% -0.61% | 14.08% -2.29% |
| Molloy University | 1,180 10 | 25 -1 | 81.74% 6.10% | 12.00% -1.88% |
| St. Joseph's University-New York | 1,180 10 | 26 | 72.05% 0.65% | 12.60% -1.15% |
| State University of New York at Oswego | 1,180 10 | 26 | 80.55% 0.16% | 10.37% 0.13% |
| Roberts Wesleyan University | 1,170 -35 | - | 70.63% -7.15% | 19.03% -1.62% |
| Niagara University | 1,160 10 | 25 | 87.37% 2.03% | 14.54% -1.84% |
| State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 1,160 -20 | 24 | 78.41% 3.23% | 11.53% -0.95% |
| CUNY Brooklyn College | 1,140 -170 | - | 58.36% 4.70% | 10.10% -0.34% |
| Farmingdale State College | 1,140 40 | 25 2 | 63.29% -5.83% | 26.79% 1.14% |
| D'Youville University | 1,130 90 | - | 81.37% -0.98% | 11.12% -1.68% |
| SUNY Morrisville | 1,130 | - | 91.54% 0.31% | 14.49% -1.20% |
| CUNY Queens College | 1,120 -90 | - | 64.35% -4.17% | 12.26% -2.35% |
| Utica University | 1,110 -20 | - | 91.95% 4.76% | 12.66% -4.64% |
| University of Mount Saint Vincent | 1,090 -20 | - | 85.11% 0.47% | 13.59% -1.72% |
| SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 1,090 30 | 22 2 | 75.68% -6.07% | 16.01% -3.59% |
| CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 1,080 -60 | - | 57.11% -0.11% | 19.37% -0.45% |
| SUNY Buffalo State University | 1,070 -10 | - | 72.95% -2.92% | 9.22% -2.82% |
| Culinary Institute of America | 1,065 -15 | 20 -2 | 91.15% -0.61% | 30.99% -3.30% |
| College of Staten Island CUNY | 1,040 | - | 92.34% | 16.98% |
| LIM College | 1,030 -50 | 20 -3 | 95.90% -2.85% | 19.33% -4.89% |
| CUNY New York City College of Technology | 1,010 -30 | - | 80.29% -0.45% | 18.17% -1.73% |
| St. Thomas Aquinas College | 1,000 | - | 93.05% 10.82% | 11.77% -1.52% |
| SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 1,000 | 20 | 89.01% 0.60% | 13.91% -1.86% |
| CUNY Lehman College | 970 -40 | - | 56.58% 1.15% | 12.22% 0.25% |
| CUNY Medgar Evers College | 920 -60 | - | 86.05% 2.66% | 5.67% -2.41% |
| CUNY York College | 880 -220 | - | 64.10% 4.68% | 7.68% -0.41% |